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Title: | Situation Analysis on Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years of Age of Indrapur Vdc, Morang District |
Authors: | Adhikari, Dilliram |
Keywords: | Nutritional status;Situation Analysis;Children;socio-economic |
Issue Date: | Nov-2011 |
Publisher: | Faculty of Education |
Level: | Masters |
Abstract: | This study entitled "Situation Analysis on Nutritional Status of Children under Five Years of Age of Indrapur VDC, Morang District" is based on primary data from ward no. 2 of Indrapur VDC. The main objectives of the study is to find out the relationship between socio-economic factors and nutritional status, comparing sex wise nutritional status. The area of study was selected purposively and the ward selection was made by random sampling. In selecting ward, 25 percent of household were randomly chosen. The nutritional status was studied from anthropometric measurement and socio-economic patterns were considered. Prevalence of malnutrition from Gomez classification, Waterlow classification and from MUAC were found to be 78.13%, 56.25% and 78.19% respectively. Socio-economic patterns like education of parents, land ownership, higher ethnic caste have positive effect in nutritional status of children. In sex wise comparison boys seemed better nourish than girls. Nutritional needs should be addressed through co-ordinated approaches involving different sectors. Among them, main are health education, agriculture and local development. |
URI: | http://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/3560 |
Appears in Collections: | Health Education |
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